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[Q] Sedio 3500 mah problem?

I think there is a problem with my 3500 mah battery from sedio. I have had it for a few months now and it really wasnt what i expected. I had heard people who have had 2-3 days + battery life from one charge when i cant even get 24 hours on a single charge with out playing a game or using gps. Im running sky raiders 3.5 right now.
Is that bad? Should i try and get in contact with sedio? Any other tips.
Thanks in advance!
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For example today:
13hrs since unplugged. 29%
awake 4.5 hours
That sucks right?

AlexR666 said:
I think there is a problem with my 3500 mah battery from sedio. I have had it for a few months now and it really wasnt what i expected. I had heard people who have had 2-3 days + battery life from one charge when i cant even get 24 hours on a single charge with out playing a game or using gps. Im running sky raiders 3.5 right now.
Is that bad? Should i try and get in contact with sedio? Any other tips.
Thanks in advance!
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For example today:
13hrs since unplugged. 29%
awake 4.5 hours
That sucks right?
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That is pretty bad. I'm at 12 hrs 50 mins since unplugged, 3 hrs 15 mins screen on, on stock battery. What kernel do you have?
Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7 RC2.

I have to admit i am pretty new to all this stuff, just a couple of months in so i wouldnt know how to change my kernal but im sure i could figure it out if i had to.
Heres what i got:

There are all kinds of things you can do to extend your battery life but by far the simplest is to turn your screen down to quarter brightness and turn off the auto adjustment.

You need to reset your battery.
Step 1
charge the phone while turned off till the light turns green. Unplug but do not turn on then after about twenty or so seconds plug it back in and the light will be Orange again wait till its green.
Step 2
Once the charge light is green for a second time boot the phone into cwm and clear battery status. Make sure phone is still plugged in
Step 3
After you clear the batter status reboot the phone making sure that you do not unplug it . as soon as you're able to open up your app drawer once the phone has rebooted then unplug it.
Step 4
Do not charge your phone again until the battery dies and the phone shuts off.
After this you are done
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For the longest time I was convinced the eBay-generic 3500mAH that came with the phone when I bought it online was faulty because it seemed I was getting identical results from my stock battery even after wiping battery stats. But now after running the battery for a week or so continuously and not swapping out to the stock battery it seems to yield much better life now that I calibrated the phone to this battery and left it in for a while.

Battery life and usage..

I'm having like 13hours to 14hours of battery life..Running stock ota 2.3.3..is it normal for such a battery life?(when my phone is fully charged right after I plugged out the charger,my battery drop to 94% to 96%is it normal too?kindly advice..thanks..
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My battery indicator also drops from 100% to 96% a few seconds after i take out the charger. But after 2 days i stille have about 15% battery left.

infatality said:
I'm having like 13hours to 14hours of battery life..Running stock ota 2.3.3..is it normal for such a battery life?(when my phone is fully charged right after I plugged out the charger,my battery drop to 94% to 96%is it normal too?kindly advice..thanks..
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My battery life increased after upgrading to gingerbread. I can usually go through the day (15 hours) with 3g always on, twitter and fb sync on, with light gaming and surfing of the web, 75% brightness.
My record was 2 days 9 hours with 0% brightness, no 3g, only wifi, no gaming, twitter and fb sync on.
For your percentage problem, you can try draining your battery, then when the phone shuts down, hold the power button to switch it on again. Start up an intensive app like a game to further drain the power. Do this until the phone does not start up (no bootscreen), then plug into the charger and charge overnight. DO NOT turn the phone on during the charge. When you turn on your phone after the overnight charge, it should read 100%
I am not too sure what triggers this, but its likely due to battery memory or something, although this should not be happening for lithium batteries. Maybe its a software fault. Do this every month or so to hit that 100% indicator. It is not advisable to do this all the time as draining the battery completely MAY damage the battery over time. Cheers!

How did you manage to get pass 2days of usage?
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Hey,
I'm also having the same issue. Off the charger, BANG! 96% or so, sometimes more. My phone will be at 90% after like 3 texts. Its only had 5 charges mind you, I know there's a "conditioning" time but still, is this normal? I can almost say a text is a percent...my 3gs had more batt life after 1yr... now that's saying something...haha
I can almost watch it drain with the screen on...like 60 secs is a percent or 2...not cool...
Maybe I can do the "Desire Battery Calibration" procedure after a few more full charges...might make a diff...what do you guys think? I may be jumping the gun here...
Thanks in advance.

I remember someone said modern phones are designed not to keep on charging after reaching 100% and resume only after dropping to certain level, maybe 9x%. That could be the reason why I see different percentage left every day I unplug the phone in the morning. But my last Hero always show 100%.
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itandy said:
I remember someone said modern phones are designed not to keep on charging after reaching 100% and resume only after dropping to certain level, maybe 9x%. That could be the reason why I see different percentage left every day I unplug the phone in the morning. But my last Hero always show 100%.
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That sounds right, because it drops from 100% to 96% after a few seconds, and its direct from 100 to 96.
But if you put the charger back it taks a couple of minuts to get from 96% to 99% and about 10 minuts to go from 99% to 100%

As far as i have noticed, this was the issue with X100 too after 2.1 update-
Once connected to the wall socket, the phone charges to 100% and starts dropping.
it does not charge again unless you reconnect the charger.
till the time it is connected, it will display as 100% but once you remove it drops to how much ever time has been spent since it reached 100%.
why that happens, i really don't know.
Ideally the phone should continue charging if the level is below 100. anyways....
about the battery backup, i think 13-15 hours is quite good for a phone with this display and capabilities.
with 3g, a little gaming, surfing, chatting etc. this should really do.
in fact, post the 2.3.3 update, the battery life has definitely increased.

letmedanz said:
As far as i have noticed, this was the issue with X100 too after 2.1 update-
Once connected to the wall socket, the phone charges to 100% and starts dropping.
it does not charge again unless you reconnect the charger.
till the time it is connected, it will display as 100% but once you remove it drops to how much ever time has been spent since it reached 100%.
why that happens, i really don't know.
Ideally the phone should continue charging if the level is below 100. anyways....
about the battery backup, i think 13-15 hours is quite good for a phone with this display and capabilities.
with 3g, a little gaming, surfing, chatting etc. this should really do.
in fact, post the 2.3.3 update, the battery life has definitely increased.
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So you think that having a 13hrs ++ battery life is good enough?More advice please..thanks..
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I am on a VzW Inc2 w/ Froyo so not sure how applicable any of this is for you guys...but anyway....
My battery life is fantastic. I too see the 100% down to whatever after unplugging - I am pretty sure this is like others have said; once it reaches 100% during charging it stops charging and does not start again until you unplug and it re-plug it in. I know in my case charging from dead to 100% only takes like 3 or 4 hours. So if you are plugging your phone in when you go to bed it is probably hitting 100% after 3-4 hours and then the rest of the night it is draining down...
I have found JuiceDefender Ultimate and JuicePlotter to be huge helps to me in decreasing battery drain (JD) and understanding what uses the battery (JP).
Also just going into settings, About Phone, Battery, Battery use - this helps understand what is using it.
*Note: JuiceDefender Ultimate can create more problems than good if you are not willing to take the time to learn/set it up.
Prior to using JD and JP I would generally make it through the day, sometimes have a bit of power left over. After using these I always make it through the day, and sometimes through 2 days.
But let's not kid anyone - what JD does you CAN do manually...but more than likely wont or will forget. So for anyone that doesnt want to use JD, do you leave your WiFi on all the time, or do you switch it on/off? Leaving it on all the time drains battery. When WiFi is available, do you use it? I have found WiFi on this phone to use a lot less battery than 3G.
Probably my favorite function of JD I have it disable 3G and WiFi when the screen is off (for getting emails, updates, etc... you can set a schedule where it turns it back on during intervals or whatever).
Also I like the WiFi Location setting - you can teach it where you use WiFi and it will automatically turn WiFi on/off based on your location.
Anyway - my guess is if you are having low battery life, either you are using the device a lot more than you think (voice calls use a lot of battery), you have things syncing too often, or you are leaving radios/etc... on all the time that do not need to be on.

I tried to take the charger out at the same time the battery was on 100% and the LCD light went green.
Then the battery stayed at 100% for about 11 minuts and then went down to 99%.
After 3 1/2 houres the battery is at 95%!!!!!!!!
Bagground Data is enabled.
3G is active.
I have mail check every 15 minuts.
Screen brightnes at 40%
Weather update every 1 houre.
I don't use Facebook, Twitter, Stcoks and News.
I don't understand the battery in my IncS...

You guys know that these batteries don't have memory right? So when you charge doesn't matter, your phone just thinks there is that percentage of battery, do a full drain once and then it should back on track. Also, these batteries never get charged to 100%, its a safety precaution or something of that sort. They hover around 94-96% which is why the phone drops down to that area in what seems like a short amount of time. The fact that the phone says 100% when you unplug it is for effect. I used to always think I had battery problems, just stop being so worried about the battery and you'll notice an improvement. Hope this helped.
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Also draining them completely flat, as in device won't power on, is the worst thing you can do to them
It sort of kills off a little of the capacity, every time you do it
So to the bloke that recommended it, no it does more damage than good
Rellikzephyr
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After 17 houres battery is down from 100% to 84%.

jkolner said:
After 17 houres battery is down from 100% to 84%.
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That's unreal...do you even use the phone?
Rellikzephyr
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jkolner said:
After 17 houres battery is down from 100% to 84%.
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What a joke!! Thats impossible!
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I'm finding turning to GSM only helps massively. I mean, so it should but I was hoping I didn't have to do this all the time, like I had to with my 3GS... And its a pain in the butt having to change it.
Still cant find a widget that will do it for me...not mobile data, ACTUAL WCDMA-GSM and back...
On the side, if anyone knows of one, please tell! haha
Thanks

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What a joke!! Thats impossible!
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I tell you is true, and i don't understand i either!!!
Most of the 17 houres the phone was only in standby and i only read mail twice.
I guess its just a fantastic ROM that Mike1986 has made with no Sense ;-)

I can get a day and a half out of my IncS with heavy use on a pretty regular basis. Set brightness to automatic, switch off unnecessary auto updates, GPS, bluetooth, and keep volume down or off in games. My screen timeout is 1 min (reduce for longer battery life), and I have always on internet switched off. I generally leave my Wi-Fi on a lot by mistake but don't find this to affect things too much really.
You will get 96% a lot after a charge as it is bad for your battery to stay plugged in when it's fully charged, so the s/w on HTC phone switch the charge off for a little while so it runs down a little and back up again. I had Hero before and that did this as well.

juice defender ultimate is excellent in my experience.
i had it set to switch on data every 5mins for 15secs to receive notifications and do updates (i have quite lot syncing - twitter, fb, sky news widgets x2, weather) and i would sometimes have gotten 30 hours out of the phone (ie. i wouldnt have charged it 2 nights in a row sometimes), but always easily 1 full day.
im getting sick of having to use JD though, because i figured something HAD to be wrong as my battery would drain in maybe 5-8 hours without JD which I just dont think is good enough and so could not be how its meant to be.
i then read about some people having problems with cyanogen rom battery drain, and that if you switch off android market notifications, it solves it.
so i tried it, charged my phone to 99% again and im now at 82% after 5 hours 10mins, which means if i keep using the phone at this rate, ill make it 25 hours - which is more than good enough for me. (~and i still have all the same stuff syncing as before, except market notifications~)
also i have wifi set to never sleep, so its always on. (its my ideal that everything that you buy the phone for should be able to be kept on 24/7, eg data, gps etc always on - so i keep them like that. bluetooth i dont use though - if i can make it through the day on a charge with decent use, im happy)
try it.
im calling BS on jkolner btw - pics or it didnt happen

Battery Callibration....issue?

I just started noticing this after I installed Liberty48 (it might have been happening before)
After some use of my phone, it goes down to like 80% battery, but when i reboot, its back at 100%.
Then I tried doing this calibration technique even though its for the DX2 (figured it couldn't hurt)
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x2-hacks/36498-battery-calibration-new-method.html
...afterwards, i experienced the same problem, battery drains a little bit and goes way up after a reboot.
Is there any fix for this? I don't have a problem SBFing (or FXZ whatever you call it). I have all my stuff backed up in multiple places. Is this a Droid Bionic problem, or a Liberty ROM problem?

One thing about calibration is that you want to run the battery all the way down at least once without powering down and then charge it to 100% without unplugging (but while powered on). This gives it a chance to establish new battery stats- otherwise it can revert to the assumed values and usually throw off your fresh calibration.

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One thing about calibration is that you want to run the battery all the way down at least once without powering down and then charge it to 100% without unplugging (but while powered on). This gives it a chance to establish new battery stats- otherwise it can revert to the assumed values and usually throw off your fresh calibration.
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That's what Wipe battery stats on CWM is for. I did that.

Not exactly... you're just giving it a fresh start to rebuild the battery stats log "wrong", in essence. One full discharge and charge usually gives it enough recorded stats to properly establish the full point- otherwise the phone assumes that about 4100 mV is fully charged, when in fact this is a high-voltage battery and it should be at about 4300.

MillionManMosh said:
Not exactly... you're just giving it a fresh start to rebuild the battery stats log "wrong", in essence. One full discharge and charge usually gives it enough recorded stats to properly establish the full point- otherwise the phone assumes that about 4100 mV is fully charged, when in fact this is a high-voltage battery and it should be at about 4300.
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So I should just charge it, then let it die, then charge it again while its on?

You got it. As long as you don't plug it in or power it down during discharge, and leave it powered on and on the charger all the way to 100%, you should be good after one cycle.

MillionManMosh said:
You got it. As long as you don't plug it in or power it down during discharge, and leave it powered on and on the charger all the way to 100%, you should be good after one cycle.
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Could I use it as normal during the discharge?

Yep, that's fine. It shouldn't impact anything if you use it during the charge cycle as well, as long as you don't do anything (like hotspot) that would drain the battery faster than it was charging.

MillionManMosh said:
Yep, that's fine. It shouldn't impact anything if you use it during the charge cycle as well, as long as you don't do anything (like hotspot) that would drain the battery faster than it was charging.
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This. Last calibration I did, I ran it down via streaming a netflix movie on 4g. Burned it down in a little over 2 hours.

I'm using a HTC sensation with insert coin rom sense 3.5. Sane exact thing is happening to me except the battery is drained after a restart from maybe 40% to down 6% after a reset.
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Similar issue here. New Droid Bionic. Battery went from 40% to 5% within a minute or two while sitting idle.
Hopefully 5% is enough of a discharge to calibrate the battery. I just finished charging it back up fully.

I just completely killed the battery wiped the status and charging now. In the morning I'll do this step and see how well the battery is after tomorrow.
Damn, it used to last me much longer than this, I don't know what happened.
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Alright so I did the Droid x tip as well, it really doesn't have any effect on HTC phones since it just uses the led light to let you know that the battery is charging or full. But I also turned off always on mobile data and it uses less juice that way. I still get Gmail pushing email and twitter with mention updates.
So far, so good. I'm not rebooting mmy phone for a good two days. Afraid the battery meter will jump all around the place again.
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[Q] Battery problem?

Hello,
I have an unlocked HTC One and I think I have some problems with the battery. For example, in the morning when I unplug it from charging and it's 100%, if I use it for like 5 minutes then the battery will drop by 6-7% and I don't think that's normal.
Then I was not at home today and I had like 19% and I decided to power it off. Then I turned it on after like 10 minutes, I had 7% left. I left it on for 10-15 minutes without using and it dropped to 2%. I turned it off again and then I turned it back on after like 5 minutes and it had 6%.
What is going on? Should I do a clean install of the software? I'm using ViperOne 6.2.1.
Thank you!

mpernea said:
Hello,
I have an unlocked HTC One and I think I have some problems with the battery. For example, in the morning when I unplug it from charging and it's 100%, if I use it for like 5 minutes then the battery will drop by 6-7% and I don't think that's normal.
Then I was not at home today and I had like 19% and I decided to power it off. Then I turned it on after like 10 minutes, I had 7% left. I left it on for 10-15 minutes without using and it dropped to 2%. I turned it off again and then I turned it back on after like 5 minutes and it had 6%.
What is going on? Should I do a clean install of the software? I'm using ViperOne 6.2.1.
Thank you!
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might be some app that is draining your battery, to confirm with gsam battery monitor. Maybe a rom/kernel issue or a bad battery....

Alright so I've done what the guy advised here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2765655
Apparently it fixed some of the problems but I still fail to understand this thing: so last night I had 73% battery left. I turned off the phone and then turned it back on after 5 minutes, I had 68% battery left. Why is this?
Also, sometimes the battery level shown while the phone is on does not coincide with the battery level shown in Recovery TWRP. Why is that and what can be done about it?
Thank you!

There is no way to know precisely what proportion of total charge is in a battery, it can only be estimated. Temperature, current drain, and many other factors affect the estimate. I think you're expecting too much.

Rooted/Flashed: Battery issues

I've tried to fix this on my own, to no avail. Whenever my phone gets down to 50% battery life or so, it shuts off. Then, when I charge, it says 0% and will charge up to 100%, then shut down at 50%. It'll shut off around 30% occasionally. I've tried different ROMs- currently on Rapture 3.1. I've tried various battery reset programs- nothing has helped. What now?

traakin said:
I've tried to fix this on my own, to no avail. Whenever my phone gets down to 50% battery life or so, it shuts off. Then, when I charge, it says 0% and will charge up to 100%, then shut down at 50%. It'll shut off around 30% occasionally. I've tried different ROMs- currently on Rapture 3.1. I've tried various battery reset programs- nothing has helped. What now?
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Sounds like you got a bad battery. Is it swollen at all? You may just need a new one
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ShrekOpher said:
Sounds like you got a bad battery. Is it swollen at all? You may just need a new one
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Not swollen at all. Ill try that next, though.

Adding screenshot from betterbatterystats. This time I went from 61% to 14%. I got a few minutes in between 14% and 10%, and then dropped to 0%.

traakin said:
Adding screenshot from betterbatterystats. This time I went from 61% to 14%. I got a few minutes in between 14% and 10%, and then dropped to 0%.
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Definitely a bad battery. I use Anker batteries and they works great. You can buy Anker battery set for around $20 on amazon.

I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?

traakin said:
I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?
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Do a battery calibration

traakin said:
I purchased a new battery (Samsung oem)- received it today, and put it in. Charged it to full, used it a bit, and at around 50%, my phone shut off. Any other ideas?
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Though it's highly unlikely, but did you make sure that you didn't put old battery in your phone instead of new one ?

Battery Cal seems to have solved it, and is also obvious when I think about it.